A couple of cases, at most, were being detected each day, and all were linked to known clusters. In Wellington, health officials had prepared four options for the cabinet ministers, ranging from extending the lockdown to reopening at various speeds. Ashley Bloomfield, the public health chief who is New Zealand’s equivalent of Anthony S. Fauci, dialed in to outline the possibilities. South Korea was seeing a new cluster of cases linked to nightclubs in Seoul, so the cabinet decided to delay opening drinking establishments for another week. After three days with no new cases, one was reported Friday, a “weak positive” linked to a known cluster.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2020 11:01 UTC